The city with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Willington, which had 27 of 38 households receiving food stamps, 32.7 percent more than Clearwater. In 2017 the population of Willington was 76.

The city with the lowest percentage of households receiving food stamps in the state was Tega Cay, which had 12 of 3,278 households receiving food stamps, 38 percent less than Clearwater. In 2017 the population of Tega Cay was 9,464.

See the cities with the highest percentage of households receiving food stamps below.

Top food stamp cities in 2017

Rank

City

Total Households

Total households receiving food stamps

Percentage of households receiving food stamps

1

Willington

38

27

71.1

2

Cross Anchor

65

39

60

3

Perry

94

54

57.4

4

Eastover

326

182

55.8

5

Luray

57

31

54.4

6

Gayle Mill

364

197

54.1

7

Woodford

63

33

52.4

8

Blackville

923

437

47.3

9

Lynchburg

162

73

45.1

10

Saxon

1261

560

44.4

11

Allendale

1307

554

42.4

12

Enoree

297

121

40.7

13

South Sumter

796

324

40.7

14

Cherryvale

872

353

40.5

15

Marion

2352

939

39.9

16

Jacksonboro

137

54

39.4

17

Wagener

296

116

39.2

18

Iva

455

178

39.1

19

Calhoun Falls

681

263

38.6

20

Clearwater

1816

697

38.4

21

Bishopville

1170

446

38.1

22

North

301

114

37.9

23

Manning

1548

584

37.7

24

Newry

94

35

37.2

25

Walhalla

1706

635

37.2

26

Kingstree

1472

543

36.9

27

Graniteville

1130

415

36.7

28

Judson

814

293

36

29

Fairfax

668

239

35.8

30

Blacksburg

704

251

35.7

31

Cheraw

2272

809

35.6

32

Waterloo

68

24

35.3

33

Homeland Park

2765

959

34.7

34

Bucksport

299

103

34.4

35

Scranton

277

95

34.3

36

Andrews

1043

356

34.1

37

Pinewood

182

62

34.1

38

Murphys Estates

406

138

34

39

McCormick

725

246

33.9

40

Branchville

367

124

33.8

41

Lake

2436

822

33.7

42

Bennettsville

2956

983

33.3

43

Tigerville

24

8

33.3

44

Harleyville

298

98

32.9

45

Mayesville

219

72

32.9

46

Barnwell

1645

539

32.8

47

St. Stephen

693

227

32.8

48

Clarks Hill

107

35

32.7

49

Scotia

89

29

32.6

50

Swansea

356

116

32.6

51

Edgefield

1204

391

32.5

52

Pamplico

317

103

32.5

53

Converse

216

70

32.4

54

Ehrhardt

196

63

32.1

55

Lydia

271

87

32.1

56

Antreville

25

8

32

57

Estill

930

298

32

58

Dillon

2145

682

31.8

59

Abbeville

2123

673

31.7

60

Catawba

623

196

31.5

61

Pomaria

54

17

31.5

62

Turbeville

404

127

31.4

63

Alcolu

202

63

31.2

64

Whitmire

617

191

31

65

Fairforest

650

201

30.9

66

Johnsonville

598

184

30.8

67

Vance

52

16

30.8

68

Wallace

360

110

30.6

69

Nichols

151

46

30.5

70

Denmark

986

298

30.2

71

McColl

858

259

30.2

72

Mullins

1680

505

30.1

73

Greeleyville

162

48

29.6

74

Brookdale

1682

495

29.4

75

Bamberg

1168

342

29.3

76

Williston

1184

347

29.3

77

Lane

178

52

29.2

78

Shiloh

69

20

29

79

Lockhart

211

61

28.9

80

Newberry

3748

1081

28.8

81

East Sumter

488

140

28.7

82

Inman

1083

311

28.7

83

Darlington

2811

801

28.5

84

East Gaffney

996

283

28.4

85

Gadsden

634

180

28.4

86

Edisto

863

244

28.3

87

Holly Hill

573

162

28.3

88

Hartsville

3186

898

28.2

89

Dunean

1594

447

28

90

Heath Springs

250

70

28

91

Inman Mills

300

84

28

92

Lakewood

1191

331

27.8

93

Westminster

1042

290

27.8

94

Southern Shops

908

251

27.6

95

Wedgefield

697

192

27.5

96

Kline

62

17

27.4

97

Sellers

88

24

27.3

98

Elloree

268

73

27.2

99

Greenwood

8692

2362

27.2

100

Lake View

349

95

27.2

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